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IS in of of Ul Q. tt Issues Tlie Troy Record i the first week in January 1021 contained these stories: Year's observance was quiet because the Volstead Act (Prohibition Law). Fewer parties at hotels and other public places were held. Several Troy residents were (rested by doctors afler they a some Canadian bootleg whisky containing wood alcohol. The contraband hootch was brought in by a visiting Can a i a Although Ibe saloons hart closed down because of the new law, a hung over sign on a corner Troy saloon read; Open for Business.

Gov. Nathan Miller was inaugurated Saturday, Jan. in nn impressive ceremony. The next day he attended Presbyterian services in Albany while his wile and their seven daughters went to High Mass at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. In his i a a speech, the new governor pledged to reduce state spending, to emphasize economy and cut down on the number of state agencies and the use of slate cars.

He also pledged laws and a better observance of existing laws. A few days later Governor Miller said the state's estimated income for 1021 would be $141 million while the requested appropriations were $275 million. He proposed to cut the estimates by $61 niilliori, but did not say at the time where the rest of the money would be obtained. Would you believe higher taxes? Alfred E. Smith, whose term as governor ended Dec.

31, 1920, announced that he would not run for public office again afler being in politics for 22 years. He also disclosed that lie was becoming chairman of the board cf U.S. Trucking Corp. (He changed his mind later, was elected and served as governor from 1D23 through 1928 and in 1928 was the Democratic candidate for President and losl to Herbert Hoover.) Because New York Central raised the train fare between Troy and New York to there was a discussion that the Troy-New York River Line would be revived. A snowball killed a 15-year-old boy on a country road between Voorheesville and New Salem.

An autopsy showed that the victim had a slight fracture of Ihe skull over the right eye. a government, which estimated that unemployment in the post-World War I period might run as high as 5 million, announced that it would take an unemployment census. The House of Representatives appropriations committee planned to reduce the salaries of many federal employes in an economy drive. There was a nationwide campaign to rcslore confidence in tbc national economy and to encourage consumer buying. The first marriage license o( 1021 in the Troy City Clerk's Office wus issued to James Mitchell, 1G32 5th and Anna Griffith, 2725 5tli Ave.

The a a issue of International Itotary Club's publication contained an article "A Modern Hind," by Dwight a i then editor of The Troy Record, The prisoner who broke out of the Troy jail in January told the Ulica Police that he swam with his clothes on all the way from Troy to Albany. Editorial comment of the day was that he should have added that he swam to Buffalo via the canal- as long as he was telling tall ones. ONE OF THE GREAT friendships of the good olS days of slww business: George Burns and his late wife, comedienne Grade Allen, and their inseparable cronies, Jack and Mary lirmiy. (Sec Gardner's column.) EDITED BY HY GARDNER Another editorial comment of the day: The winter is so mild so far that we expect to bear somebodj' li.is seen a robin. There was a tobacco war on in Kentucky.

Each side, we presume was trying to smoke out the other, Hong Kong Hopes For Big Year HONG KONG (UPI) There were more tourists in the first 10 months of this year visiting Hong Kong a in the whole of the Hong Kong Tourist Association (IIKTA) reports. A total of 789,803 tourists visited Hong Kong in the first 10 months of this year, compared to the final figure of 705,213 for 1869. Compared with the January-October period last year, it represent an increase of 25 per cent. Tourist officials say that when the final figures arc in, the number of tourists for 1970 will be sonic 25 per cent more than in 19G9, making 1970 a new record for tourism. With the rumors about Nixon dumping Agnew in '72-wasn't there once talk about President Eisenhower dumping Vice President Nixon as his second-term running-mate? Clinton T.

Washington, D.C. Yes. In 1956. But Ike angrily rebutted tbc rumors storming: "If anyone ever has the ef- Irontery to urge me to dump somebody I respect as I do Vice President Nixon, there will bo more commotion around my offices than yon have noticed yet. I have told him I believe ho should be one of the comers in the Republican Party I'm not going to be pushed into Corners saying what I would do in a hypothetical question I have no criticism of Vice President Nixon to make, either as a man, associate, or as my running-mate on the ticket." How long did Omar Sharif romance with his "Funny Girl" co-star Barbra Streisand Phoenix, Ariz.

A dozen reels, more or less. Then Omar quietly folded his tent by saying, "I tiiink this biggest problem is that sho wants to-be a woman and sho wants to be beautiful. And she is neither." time IS it?" Are Carol Burnett ami Ronald Reagan feuding? I noticed she didn't kiss him goodnight like she docs all the other men on the Ted Miller, Iowa City, Iowa. It's food- not feud. "Tell your reader in Iowa City," Carol says, "I really would have- kissed Gov.

Reagan except I remembered I had eaten a hamburger with onions before the show." Who invented chess? And how cnn I play it by mail? -Charles Brungardt, Maycsvillc, Okla. The origin of chess is lost in obscurity its invention having been ascribed variously 1o the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Jews, Chinese, i and others. One legend has it that a Brahmin named Nassir invented chess to temporize the cruel rule of a young Indian prince, Belmb a game in which the king, impotent by himself, is protected only by his subjects, even (o the lowest class, and frequently ruined by the loss of a single individual. You can play chess- by-mail by joining the USO's All-Service Postal Chess Club. Write its director: Christian Chenoweth, RD, Port Murray, N.

J. Why docs first aciioss like Belle Davis work in so a second-rate movies? Tcssie Chicago. Fcv the money. Explained Miss Davis: "I did four or five stinking pictures in a row, like that thing where I played Susan Ilnyward's mother. I don't even remember the name, but it paid for my daughter's wedding." Whenever I hear George Burns or Jack Benny on a talk show, all they talk about is each other.

Are they as close off- slage as Dolann, Philadelphia. They're closer. Have been since George and his Gracie and Jack and his Mary were inseparable. Burns is known as Benny's court jester. He can make Jack laugh by Ihe flick cf a cigar ash or get roars with a pointless gag.

Seems to me I've never seen Alec Guinness alive by the end of a movie? Am Vilalc, Tampa, Fla. You're dead right--almost. When he gets beheaded in "Cromwell," il will a the tenth film in which Guinness lias been murdered. In "Kind Hearts and Coronets" lie played seven different roles--and got bumped oft in, each one. lie died peacefully in seven others.

I enjoyed the horror movie "The Fly" on TV and wondered, did it get good reviews when it first came Merrill, Cincinnati. Though Ihe original Vincent Price starrer turned out to bo ore of (lie fop grossing movies of 195S, some critics tried to swat "The Fly." A sequel released a year later was called "Return of the Fly." I hear Lyndon Johnson's administration spent $28,000 just to study the social behavior ct fish. Ivan Harrison, Granite City, 111. "Yes. The social (and other) behavior of fish was studied during the Johnson administration," acknowledges Uio U.S.

Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service. "So were they in several a i i a tions before that, and so ere they now. The studies arc neither academic nor frivolous. Bather, they are dead serious and the results arc needed if we are to protect the environment. Abnormal fish behavior serves as a sensitive predictor of environmental sickness.

I'art of a far larger known as ecology." Anthony Lance heroine In Hie story has sprained ankle a I a crucial mo BIEJTH, The hero i her hi 111! arms. Romantic! Hul Iti real llfc- somcivhat a i A twistine of the foot inny strclcli one of ui'c many i a ivhiori connect vnrlous hones in Iho enklc area, and produce locnl Weeding, swelling nml extreme tenderness, Thl.s Is a a i ankle--not loo serious nn Ailment, but one to be careful of. A colO comnre.ss applied tmme- diately to tlift Joint will rcilucft swelling and pnin. SI rapping HIP ankle wJlh elastic bnndaifc.s atsn help when exorcise Is necessary. Soak the fool a a in hot water and be siii'c to jjlvc II losts of rest ami next time, why not finrt an easier to so iero-Itrinilu'' Need your prescriptions fulfil a hurry? You mid you 1 quick service you call AS 4-2D19, THOY DHUfi 137 2nd St.

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